new orleans, louisiana. nola. the big easy.
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August 2008 - Greater New Orleans approaches the end of its third year of recovery from a position of strength, with the vast majority of its pre-storm population and jobs. But many recovery trends have slowed or stagnated in the past year as tens of thousands of blighted properties, lack of affordable housing for essential service and construction workers, and thin public services continue to plague the city and region.

A strong federal-state-local partnership must continue to further the hard work of recovery, which is now well underway.